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28-07-2017 13:57

The chorus of official disapproval after a village council in Pakistan's Punjab province ordered the "revenge rape" of a 16-year-old girl whose brother had allegedly carried out a similar act, is all-too-familiar. Similar cases in the past show such tribunals are allowed to dispense "justice" with impunity. (F.M. Shakil)

28-07-2017 13:38

Now that authoritarian capitalists compete on par with Western peers, governments must carefully consider the situation of the investor’s home state before taking the money. (Francesco Galietti)

28-07-2017 13:37

The Myanmar military's move to block a major meeting of ethnic Shan groups underscored its long-standing divide-and-rule tactics and animus towards ethnic aspirations. (David Scott Mathieson)

28-07-2017 12:47

Opinion // EU strategy for Afghanistan is just wishful thinking (Emanuele Scimia)

28-07-2017 11:47

Paradoxically, Russia is winning the Syrian war but may also be losing control of the peace process; it cannot advance a political solution without US participation, and meanwhile Moscow's allies are pressing ahead on the war front. (M.K. Bhadrakumar)

28-07-2017 11:33

Local government debt is once again coming under scrutiny from China's authorities, with regional governments being told to "clean up" financing guarantee arrangements that are “out of place.” (Asia Times staff)

28-07-2017 07:56

The morning roundup of important economics, policy and market-moving stories from Chinese-language media on July 28 (Poo Yee Kai and Zheng Xin)

28-07-2017 00:32

China is adding troops to its 880-mile (1,416 kilometer) border with North Korea, with the usual explanation given to be prepared for a mass of refugees if there is war on the Korean Peninsular. But there are other considerations. (Robert E. McCoy)

27-07-2017 18:42

India’s opposition looks to be in disarray after the man tipped by many to be its next prime ministerial candidate, Nitish Kumar, quit as chief minister of Bihar then formed a new government with the support of the BJP (E Jaya Kumar)

27-07-2017 16:53

China's reported threat of force against Vietnam's energy exploration activities in the South China Sea threatens to douse recently warming relations. (Helen Clark)

27-07-2017 16:46

China’s gaming industry market sales revenue amounted to 99.78 billion yuan (US$14.82 billion) in the first half of 2017, a staggering 26.7% year-on-year increase, according to a research report (Zheng Xin)

27-07-2017 13:17

Studies project that improved connectivity in Southeast Asia will spark fast growth in outlying areas that gradually diminishes the economic clout of capital megacities. (Alan Boyd)

27-07-2017 12:44

For years China has complained about the US surveillance of its coastline, but in the meantime Beijing's rapidly growing fleet of spy ships were eavesdropping on US missile tests near Alaska and allied maneuvers off the coast of Australia. (Todd Crowell)

27-07-2017 12:18

Opinion // Arab humiliation and the Temple Mount (David P. Goldman, Spengler)

27-07-2017 11:49

Opinion // Why the Saudi war on Yemen is seen as US state terrorism (Christina Lin)

27-07-2017 11:38

Survey shows that US remains top destination for Chinese looking to emigrate or invest in property overseas, although it has fallen in favor since Donald Trump came to power. Canada now more popular than Britain. (Lin Wanxia)

27-07-2017 11:16

Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn on Wednesday said it will build a US$10 billion LCD display panel plant in Wisconsin, a deal President Donald Trump asserted would not have happened without his efforts. (Reuters)

27-07-2017 11:02

For nearly two decades, Japan has struggled to generate inflation. But a government that thinks inflation is the answer to everything still isn’t asking the most important question: what happens when Japan actually gets some? (William Pesek)

27-07-2017 07:44

The morning roundup of important economics, policy and market-moving stories from Chinese-language media on July 27 (Poo Yee Kai and Zheng Xin)

26-07-2017 19:55

Opinion // Can the Beijing Consensus be emulated elsewhere? (Ken Moak)

26-07-2017 16:18

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has leveraged the fragility of his country’s democratic institutions to impose a new era of popular authoritarian rule. (Jason Castaneda)

26-07-2017 15:18

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's annual national address resurrected his frustrations with the US, UN and EU while heaping praise on his China ally. (Richard Javad Heydarian)

26-07-2017 14:21

Sri Lanka's suppression of a small graveyard commemorating victims of the country's decades-long civil war speaks to the still long road towards truth and reconciliation. (Duncan McCargo)

26-07-2017 13:21

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda is watching his back even more than he's surveying for hints of inflation in the world's third largest economy. The knives are out and it isn't hard to figure out why. (William Pesek)

26-07-2017 13:05

It's here: Asia Times launches a free app for iOS and Android platforms. (Asia Times staff)

26-07-2017 12:54

A US company is implanting RFID microchips under its employees' skin on a "voluntary" basis, allowing convenient access to buildings and computers, but the practice raises questions about security and privacy. (Stephen Bryen)

26-07-2017 12:44

In an unusually candid talk, the CIA's deputy assistant director, Michael Collins, has revealed China's growing confidence and resolve – fueled by inaction against Chinese hegemony over the past several years – are a worry for the US agency (Bill Gertz)

26-07-2017 11:57

The paper Uncovering Offshore Financial Centers: Conduits and Sinks in the Global Corporate Ownership Network shows that offshore finance is not exclusive to exotic places such as the Cayman Islands (The Conversation)

25-07-2017 18:17

Residents in Beijing, Shenzhen lose half their pay on rent (Liu Hsiu Wen)

25-07-2017 17:38

The current stand-off at Doklam, or Donglang, is little more than a sideshow in the bigger picture as South Asia's tectonic plates shift in a direction that makes New Delhi's resistance to China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) look increasingly futile. (Pepe Escobar)

the brief

Jul 03,2017, 4:48

Vigilante politics and failure of rule of law in India

India's Water Resources minister, Uma Bharti, one of the BJP leaders facing charges over the 1992 Babri mosque demolition case, leaves court in Lucknow, on May 30, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Pawan Kumar

Jun 01,2017, 5:37

BJP veterans charged over 1992 Babri mosque demolition case

By E Jaya Kumar

Hindu activists atop the 16th-century Babri Masjid in Ayodhya during its demolition in 1992. Photo: AFP

Apr 23,2017, 11:11

BJP veterans in the dock again over Babri mosque demolition

By E Jaya Kumar

Emanuele Scimia

EU strategy for Afghanistan is just wishful thinking

28-07-2017 12:47

David P. Goldman

Arab humiliation and the Temple Mount

27-07-2017 12:18

Why the Saudi war on Yemen is seen as US state terrorism

27-07-2017 11:49

Can the Beijing Consensus be emulated elsewhere?

26-07-2017 19:55

Empire of destruction: the reality of ‘precision warfare’

25-07-2017 15:26

Taiwan seen as a vulnerable target as foreign terror threat grows

25-07-2017 03:26

Apple makes push in China with big discounts for Apple Pay users

25-07-2017 02:30

Amrita Mukherjee

In Bollywood, success is a relative thing

24-07-2017 03:18

Emanuele Scimia

Will EU be part of new Six-Party Talks on N Korea?

23-07-2017 23:45

Can aid for trade be a salve to the poorest nations?

23-07-2017 23:03

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